[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Be2 a6
9.d4 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rad1 Qb8 12.e4 b4 13.e5 bxc3 14.Bxc3 Be7 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Rfe1 dxc4 17.Bxc4 a5 18.Ne5 Nb6 19.Bd3 h6 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.Qe4 Rd8 22.Qh7+ Kf8
23.Bb2 Nb4 24.Bc4 Qd6 25.Ng6+ fxg6 26.Bxe6 Ke7 27.Bf5+ Kf8 28.Be6 Ke7 29.Qxg6 Qxe6
30.d5 Qxe1+ 31.Rxe1+ Kd7 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Qf7+ Kc8 34.Re7 Nxd5 35.Rxb7 Ne7
36.h4 Kxb7 37.Qxe7+ Kb6 38.Qe3+ Kb5 39.Qxh6 Kb4 40.Qxf6 c5 41.Qb2 Rd4 42.a3+ Kb5
43.Qe2+ Kb6 44.Qe6+ Kb7 45.h5 Rad8 46.h6 R8d6 47.Qe7+  1-0

